Zhu Houzhao likes women, which is no longer a secret to the eunuchs and entourages around the little emperor.

But because he was not old, Empress Dowager Zhang could not choose a woman who was too old to him as the queen, so she could only choose from girls of the same age.

Zhu Houzhao is a little chick himself, and girls of his age all look childish. Zhu Houzhao is disappointed when she meets the three candidate queens.

When Empress Dowager Zhang saw her son's eyes go away, she thought Zhu Houzhao was not used to looking at women, and asked with a smile: "Emperor, it's time for you to choose... Who do you think can be a mother in the world? Now it's time to confirm that I will ask someone to propose marriage for you later."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Empress Dowager Zhang and frowned and asked, "Mother, are there only three... no one else?" Obviously, he was not so satisfied with the three queen candidates.

Empress Dowager Zhang was stunned and said, "Emperor, these three people were carefully selected by the Ai family from more than 5,000 candidates. You... don't like it? This... Eunuch Gao..."

Empress Dowager Zhang didn't expect that her hard work would cause her son to be dissatisfied. She was about to call Gao Feng over and ask him carefully to explain the three queens' candidates to Zhu Houzhao in detail, but she heard a "puchi" laughter from the front, but it was from the mouth of the little beauty on the left who was wearing a fallen horse bun, wearing a red robe and a green long skirt.

Zhu Houzhao heard the laughter and was a little dissatisfied. She looked at the girl in the blue and red clothes and asked, "Why are you laughing at?"

Because of his stern tone, the three girls were scared. The two girls next to him knelt down directly. There was only the perpetrator, the little beauty in blue and red clothes, stunned, with a little confusion in her eyes.

"What are you asking!" Zhu Houzhao shouted sternly.

The girl looked at Empress Dowager Zhang first and found that Empress Dowager Zhang was also looking at her, but she didn't realize that she should kneel down at this time. She just said in a grievance: "I... just... think he's talking so much..."

This answer made Zhu Houzhao angry. He was the emperor and was actually laughed at by a little girl. He was about to scold him, but Empress Dowager Zhang's cold words had been thrown out:

"It has reached the stage of entering the palace. Have you not even learned the most basic etiquette? This is the palace, and you dare to smile in front of the emperor..."

The little girl blinked, not knowing how much mistake she had made. She looked at Empress Dowager Zhang, then Zhu Houzhao, and finally lowered her head, but still did not kneel down.

Zhu Houzhao squinted her eyes and looked at the woman, a little confused. How could there be a woman who is not afraid of herself?

He thought to himself: "This woman is so strange. It's fine to talk to me carelessly. Now that I'm scolded by my mother and I, she can still pretend to be okay... Hum? What is she doing?"

Just when Zhu Houzhao was wondering, he saw the woman lowering her head and fiddling with the corner of her clothes. The girl kneeling beside her reached out to pull her, wanting her to kneel down, but she shook the hand of the woman next to her, looking like "I don't". When Zhu Houzhao saw this picture, she couldn't help laughing.

"This woman is interesting. When she enters the palace, she looks like she returns to her own house. It's fun."

When Empress Dowager Zhang heard her son's laughter, she frowned and said, "Emperor, why are you laughing at?"

Zhu Houzhao said: "Mother, I think this girl is interesting... Well, she has courage. When she comes to the palace, she can still maintain a innocent heart. She is neither humble nor arrogant in dealing with people. She is suitable for the Queen of the Ming Dynasty."

When the little beauty heard this, she subconsciously raised her head and stared at Zhu Hou's care.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Zhang cursed: "What is your choice standard? You are obviously a girl who doesn't understand the rules, but do you think she can be a mother in the world?"

Zhu Houzhao was still looking at the little beauty. The more she looked at the girl, the more she felt that the woman in front of her was cute, of course, it was only limited to cuteness. He exclaimed in his heart: "Oh, this girl has such big eyes. I seem to have seen her somewhere... Who is her appearance similar to?"

For a moment, Zhu Houzhao couldn't remember where he had seen these eyes.

Queen Mother Zhang finally looked at her dazed son and asked again, "Emperor, have you decided whether you want to make her the queen, right?"

Zhu Houzhao came back to her senses and nodded, "My mother, she is the only one. Let's settle this matter. I am diligent in official duties and work hard all night. Now I am tired, so I will go back and rest. Leave the rest to my mother."

After saying that, Zhu Houzhao covered her mouth and yawned, then wiped the corners of her eyes with her hands.

When Empress Dowager Zhang saw her son's listless look, she was very worried and was afraid that Zhu Houzhao would fall down day and night. However, now her son solved the unresolved things in her heart, which made her breath a little relieved, thinking: "After the prince gets married, he should be restrained. He chose the person himself. He hopes to get along with the queen, respect each other as guests, and hopes that his daughter-in-law can persuade him to make progress."

Empress Dowager Zhang put all her hopes on this daughter-in-law who has not yet passed away.

After Zhu Houzhao left, Empress Dowager Zhang realized that her son didn't even ask about the woman's surname and origin, and decided on the matter in just one sentence.

Empress Dowager Zhang called Gao Feng and Dai Yi over and asked, "Is that girl the daughter of Xia in Shangyuan?"

Gao Feng replied respectfully: "That's right."

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at the girl Xia again, but saw that the girl was not afraid of her and looked at her curiously from time to time, which made Empress Dowager Zhang feel a little confused: "Why is this girl staring at this place? Is she not understanding the rules?"

Then he thought that this was the queen's candidate appointed by his son, Empress Dowager Zhang stopped thinking about it and said: "Arranging the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites to propose marriage to complete His Majesty's wedding. Eunuch Gao, you have to run more."

"yes."

Gao Feng was very happy that deciding to choose the queen means that his errand will be completed soon, but he doesn’t know which yamen he will work in next?

Empress Dowager Zhang waved her hand again: "First send the other two beautiful ladies out of the palace and ask them to go home to prepare. After His Majesty's wedding, he will take them into the palace. As for the Xia family... come over and let the Ai family see it."

Queen Mother Zhang was not too sure whether this little girl could be a mother in the world, so she was going to observe the future queen carefully. After Gao Feng passed the message, the Xia girl walked towards her step by step, her behavior was very elegant and decent, which dispelled the doubts in Queen Mother Zhang's mind that her daughter-in-law did not understand the rules.

The daughter of Xia walked up to Empress Dowager Zhang and saluted respectfully.

Empress Dowager Zhang smiled slightly, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "From then on, you will be the Queen of the Ming Dynasty, and your father will be glorified. When did you born?"

The Xia girl was stunned at first, and then she thought about it before answering: "Born in April of the fifth year of Hongzhi."

Empress Dowager Zhang calculated in her heart and said, "That's how you are half a year younger than the emperor. As a queen, you should know how to be gentle, kind, respectful and frugal. After entering the palace, you must assist the emperor with all your heart and let the emperor stay with you more often. Well... you will spread the branches and leaves for the royal family as soon as possible."

There are some things that Queen Mother Zhang thinks are not suitable for her to say, but she really wants to hold her grandson. Now she only has one son and one daughter. Many things make her feel unreliable. Once her son has something, she will lose her security in the future. If she has one more grandson, she feels that she will not have any trouble.

The Xia girl hesitated for a moment and replied: "Yes."

Empress Dowager Zhang always slowed down when she saw her future daughter-in-law's reaction, and she always felt something was wrong. Finally, she smiled and said, "There will be a servant, and the palace maid will send you back to the house. You are from Shangyuan. I guess your father's clan should wait in the capital. However, all marriage matters should be handled according to the rules of the court. Even if the three books and six rituals must be completed in the Shangyuan..."

The girl of Xia blinked, her eyes full of confusion, and obviously she didn't understand what Empress Dowager Zhang said.

Gao Feng smiled and said, "Congratulations to the Empress Dowager, congratulations to the Empress, we will be a family in the future."

Empress Dowager Zhang showed a comforting smile on her face and said, "Eunuch Gao is running back and forth to help today's affairs. I will not forget your contributions. I will ask Your Majesty to reward you if I turn back."

"Empress Dowager Xie, Empress Dowager Xie." Gao Feng knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.

Queen Mother Zhang was very satisfied and thought there would be no problem with this matter. When she looked at her daughter-in-law again, she saw that the beautiful little face of the Xia girl still looked dull, and her heart sank, but she still comforted herself: "Maybe she had just entered the palace and was not familiar with the environment in the palace, or she had not had a good sleep yesterday. Isn't that the same when I first entered the palace?"

Thinking of her appearance when she entered the palace, Empress Dowager Zhang had a little more imagination, but then she thought that her husband, who was very loving to her, had died, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad inside.

However, when she thought of herself having a daughter-in-law and when someone chatted with her in the future, Empress Dowager Zhang had more expectations, but she didn't know that the stupid little queen in front of her was still in a state of ignorance. It is still unknown whether she could communicate with Empress Dowager Zhang, her mother-in-law in the future.

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Zhu Houzhao didn't regard the election as much as possible at all. After doing routine, she returned to the Qianqing Palace.

Liu Jin asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, you have decided on the queen's choice like this?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin with a squinted eyes and asked, "What, do you want to interfere with my election?"

Liu Jin quickly explained: "I have no intention of this, but... the election is a major event. Is Your Majesty's decision too hasty? Maybe postpone the matter..."

Zhu Houzhao had said before that he should not be too hasty after the election, so he said this to cater to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao seemed to be distracted: "Is there a difference between choosing who to be the queen? But those eyes looked quite familiar, so I chose her... Oh, by the way, I haven't been to Mrs. Zhong's tea shop for a long time. How is her current situation? If you have time, you can accompany me to have tea."

Liu Jin thought to himself, you are always hanging out at night. When you arrive at the teahouse at night, they will close their doors and close their business long ago. It would be strange if you can see people!
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